Face threats in threads: assessing the responses to impoliteness in Facebook comments on 1MDB by Isma Noornisa Ismail, Thilagavathi Shanmuganathan

“…This study seeks to investigate the reaction to impoliteness from the perspective of face-threat witnesses (FTWs) in Facebook comments. Twelve news posts on Facebook regarding the 1MDB scandal in 2015 were selected, and impolite comment threads that were reactions to the news were extracted. …”
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Face Threats in Threads: Assessing the Responses to Impoliteness in Facebook Comments on 1MDB by Ismail, Isma Noornisa, Shanmuganathan, Thilagavathi

“…This study seeks to investigate the reaction to impoliteness from the perspective of face-threat witnesses (FTWs) in Facebook comments. Twelve news posts on Facebook regarding the 1MDB scandal in 2015 were selected, and impolite comment threads that were reactions to the news were extracted. …”

Is social media the new wet market? Social media platforms facilitate the online sale of bushmeat in West Africa by Georgia Kate Moloney, Koffi Jules Gossé, Sery Gonedelé-Bi, Philippe Gaubert, Anne-Lise Chaber

“…Among the species identified, 16% feature a status of concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (Near Threatened to Endangered), 16% are listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES; Appendix I and II) and 24% are either fully or partially protected by local legislation. …”
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Emoji Prediction Using Bi-Directional LSTM by Kone Vinayak Sudhakar, Anagal Atrey Mahadev, Anegundi Swaroop, Jadekar Priya, Patil Priyadarshini

“…For the large population, a typical day starts with messages flooding on mobiles, from simple good morning wishes, business meeting invites, reminders, and schedules for the day and the list is endless. A striking feature of today’s digital communication is the variety of emojis used, without which text communication almost look incomplete. …”
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Live Streaming and Digital Stages for the Hungry Ghosts and Deities by Alvin Eng Hui Lim

“…Initially streamed on RINGS.TV, an app available on Android and Apple iOS, live videos of <i>getai</i> performances can now be found on the more sustainable platform of Facebook Live. These videos are hosted on Facebook Pages, such as “Singapore Getai Supporter” (which is listed as a “secret” group), “Singapore Getai Fans Page”, “Lixin Fan Page”, and “LEX-S Watch Live Channel”. …”
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Fussy Eating Rescue, a mobile-web app for responsive feeding practises among parents of toddlers: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled feasibility trial by Brittany Reese Markides, Kylie D. Hesketh, Ralph Maddison, Rachel Laws, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Karen J. Campbell

“…Parents of toddlers (12–36 months old, n = 50) who have concerns about fussy eating will be recruited via Facebook. Parents will be randomised to an intervention group, which receives access to the app for 6 weeks, or to wait-listed control. …”
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Association of Periodontal Disease with the Occurrence of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm among Adults in Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study by Ho-Geol Woo, Yoon-Kyung Chang, Ji-Sung Lee, Tae-Jin Song

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Investigating factors affecting the development of information technology-based businesses in Iran by Hossein Hajipourfard, Behzad Soltani, Abbas Tolouei Eshlaghi, Seyyed Habibollah Tabatabaeian

“…Extended Abstract Introduction In recent decades, a large number of information technology-based businesses have risen to the top of the world's top companies list. Until the early years of the third millennium AD, large companies and owners of oil wells and mineral resources, along with industrial production complexes that are several decades and several hundred years old, have been the flagships of the list of the largest and most successful companies in the world, but this dominance has been challenged by IT-based start-ups during the last two decades. …”
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